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British candy maker Cadbury PLC rejected a renewed 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) hostile bid from Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday after the U.S. company refused to sweeten a previous offer.
The clock is ticking on a Monday deadline for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal offer for British candy maker Cadbury PLC.
American billionaire Robert Kraft says he is only interested in buying a European soccer club if a salary cap is introduced.
Britain's Panel on Takeovers and Mergers says Kraft Foods Inc. has until November 9 to either make a firm bid for candy maker Cadbury PLC or walk away.
Argentine police have used force to remove laid-off workers occupying a Kraft Foods plant since last month.
Kraft Foods Inc. is poised to launch a hostile bid for British candy maker Cadbury PLC, The Observer said Sunday, citing unnamed sources.
Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday it plans to focus on higher-margin, priority brands to boost productivity in Europe and will continue to cut costs as the food maker hopes to continue expanding worldwide.
The chairman of candy maker Cadbury PLC said Saturday that Kraft Foods Inc. undervalued his company in a takeover offer this week, and he dismissed the suitor as a "low growth conglomerate."
Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday proposed a 10.2 billion pound ($16.7 billion) takeover of Cadbury PLC, but the offer was immediately rejected by the British maker of chocolate, gum and candy.
The owner of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution has joined an effort to bring the FIFA World Cup to the U.S. in 2018 or 2022.
Procter & Gamble Co. and Kraft Foods Inc. said Friday they have settled lawsuits alleging patent infringement on coffee containers.
Hundreds of people will lose their jobs at a chocolate factory after Kraft Foods said Wednesday it would close its factory in Transylvania next year
Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit more than doubled because of a one-time gain from the $2.6 billion sale of its Post cereals business.
Consumer products maker Procter & Gamble Co. sued Kraft Foods Inc. again on Tuesday over coffee containers, saying Maxwell House Coffee has copied a Folgers package.
The billionaire owner of the New England Patriots stops to buy his morning coffee and feels "a communal buzz" among the customers. He continues to his office where pictures of him posing with President Clinton and the first President Bush hang on a wall.
Kraft Foods Inc. agreed to sell its two dozen Post cereals to Ralcorp Holdings Inc. Thursday in a nearly $1.7 billion stock deal that will make the private-label food maker a major player in the cereal market.
Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday that soaring dairy prices weighed down its third quarter profit, which fell 20 percent from year-ago results that included a one-time gain.
Kraft Foods Inc., the nation's biggest food and beverage maker, said Wednesday its third quarter profit fell 20 percent from results that included a one-time gain a year ago.
Kraft Foods Inc., the nation's biggest food and beverage maker, said Wednesday that its third quarter profit fell 20 percent from year-ago results that included a one-time gain.
Kraft Foods Inc. is free of its old ownership but not its longtime struggles in the food industry.
Kraft Foods Inc., the world's second-largest food company behind Nestle SA, said Monday its second-quarter profit climbed 44 percent over a year ago as it benefited from more advertising spending and cost savings from its ongoing restructuring.
Chocolate wars: now the ambassador's favourite and a US giant eye CadburyItalian firm Ferrero and the US giant Hershey have been linked to a new bid for British chocolate maker Cadbury
Cadbury rejects Kraft's hostile bidCadbury today rejected a hostile takeover bid from Kraft as "derisory" and not "remotely close" to its true value after the world's second largest food conglomerate took its bid directly to shareholders.
Cadbury rejects Kraft's $16.5 billion bid Cadbury on Monday rejected a hostile cash and shares bid from Kraft that valued the UK confectionery group at £9.8 billion ($16.5 billion) or 717p a share, after the U.S. foods group formalized the terms of an indicative offer it made two months ago.
Vegemite Contest Draws ProtestsWhether the strategy was intentional or not, Gerry McCusker, who has written a book on public relations disasters, believes Kraft's experience with iSnack 2.0 will become a useful case study in using controversy to "cut through the clutter" of the marketing space.
iSnack2.0 faces axe as Vegemite fans vent furyConsumer uproar over iSnack2.0 has forced Kraft to concede that its new Vegemite-cream cheese blend might have to be renamed.
Cadbury rejects £10.2bn bid from KraftConfectionery group Cadbury, one of Britain's best-known companies, has rejected a £10.2bn takeover from Kraft, the American food giant.
Ten more companies reportedly say they wont advertise on Beck, bringing total to 46Adding to an increasing list of companies distancing themselves from Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck, ten new companies whose ads were recently seen during Beck's program-Applebee's, Bank of America, Bell & Howell, DirecTv, General Mills, Kraft, Regions Financial Corporation, SAM ( …
Think Your Food's Organic? Think AgainWhen it comes to a healthy diet, I am not a purist. Too late for that because I grew up eating such culinary concoctions as toasted sandwiches constructed of Spam, white bread and that oddly orange, oddly spongy cheeselike stuff known as Velveeta.
Agribusiness With More Salmonella, Now in PistachiosHow much will it take to recognise the ripple effect of a factory food model makes it a bad economic and social investment for everyone but agribusiness?
The PR Strategy Behind Blackwater's Name ChangeAfter years of bad press over no-bid contracts and massacres of Iraqi civilians, the private military contractor Blackwater Worldwide has changed its name to the cryptic "Xe" (pronounced "Zee").
1/3 American Snacks Contaminated With MercuryOverall, we found detectable mercury in 17 of 55 samples, or around 31 percent. Traces of mercury turned up in name-brand products from makers including Quaker, Hunt's, Manwich, Hershey's, Smucker's, Kraft, Nutri-Grain, and Yoplait.
Kraft Hits on Killer App for IPhone Marketing"One of the coolest apps on the iPhone isn't Pandora or Facebook: It's recipes and shopping lists for Kraft singles, Jell-O gelatin and Minute Rice.
Don't eat p'nut butter!! Kellogg warns not to eat its peanut butter crackers The Kellogg Co. announced Wednesday it is recommending that consumers not eat its peanut butter crackers because they may be tainted with salmonella. The probe has been expanded, please read
What Stocks Does Warren Buffett Own?As of the end of the third quarter, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway had significant holdings in almost 40 major U.S. companies.
Foodmakers come up with 'Smart Choice' label to denote healthier fare Several of the nation's biggest food makers, including Northfield-based Kraft Foods, have created a common nutrition label that will be featured on the packaging of their products.
More pain in store at the cash registerKraft Foods Inc. on Monday joined the chorus of food and consumer goods companies that, struggling with soaring commodities costs, have in turn passed along price hikes to the consumer.
Chemicals Being Hidden in Food Under 'Artificial Flavors' LabelHave you picked up a can of soup lately and noticed that the sodium levels are lower? Seen a label that said, "No MSG"? How about realizing that there is less sugar on the label of your favorite ice cream? Believe it or not, this is cause for concern. A relatively young company, …
ESPN - Kraft, Belichick address owners, apologize for Spygate - NFLWe can only speculate about the advantages that "spy gate" afforded the Patriots. With the apology, it is definitely a start. But in the back of minds, we are always thinking, how many championship runs were moved along because of spying?
Regulators raid chocolate firmsGerman officials investigating possible chocolate price-fixing have raided the offices of some of Europe's biggest confectionary companies. Nestle and Mars confirmed that competition officials visited their German headquarters last Thursday.
Kraft recalls chocolate on fears of salmonellaKraft Foods Inc. has recalled 288,000 packages of white chocolate baking squares on fears of salmonella contamination, the latest in a wave of U.S. food safety alerts and the third chocolate-related salmonella warning in the past year.
Why a Michigan Animal Abuse Case is Gaining National Attention - Associated ContentThis story is grabbing National attention for both the crime, and the punishment.
Business of Food: Organics Gone MainstreamAt the first morning session at the IACP conference in Chicago there was a panel discussion on the topic of organics. The speakers were an interesting mix--there was Samuel Fromartz who wrote the book Organics, Inc.
Kraft issues recall over Listeria concernsKraft Foods Inc., in what officials called "a precautionary measure," this morning issued a recall for meat products made at a certain production facility because of concerns about possible contamination with Listeria.
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